Image-reading apparatus, image-reading method, program, and recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9544457-B2
Application number	US-201414305932-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 16, 2014
Priority date	Mar 5, 2014
Publication date	Jan 10, 2017
Grant date	Jan 10, 2017

Abstract

According to the present embodiment, an image-reading apparatus determines any one or both of the type of document and the shape of a document, selects any one or both of an appropriate document tilt detection method and an appropriate document position detection method according to any one or both of the determined type of document and the determined shape of a document, and detects any one or both of the tilt of the document and the position of the document by the selected detection method.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image-reading apparatus that reads an image of a document comprising a Central Processing Unit (CPU) programmed to:
determine any one or both of a type of document and a shape of a document;
select any one or both of an appropriate document tilt detection method and an appropriate document position detection method according to any one or both of the determined type of document and the determined shape of the document;
detect any one or both of a tilt of the document and a position of the document by using the selected detection method; and
when clipping is performed by using a detected rectangle, determine whether an occurring lack of a document exceeds a predetermined acceptable level.

2. The image-reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when a document is a receipt or is elongated, the CPU selects, as a method for detecting the tilt of the document, detection of the tilt of the document while giving priority to a long side.

3. The image-reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when a document is a fixed type, the CPU selects, as a method for detecting the tilt of the document, detection of the tilt of the document by using four sides.

4. The image-reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when a document is a medium cut out, the CPU selects, as a method for detecting the tilt of the document, detection of the tilt of the document by using other than a cut out side.

5. The image-reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when a document contains a straight line, the CPU selects, as a method for detecting the tilt of the document, detection of the tilt of the document by using the straight line.

6. The image-reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when a document does not contain a straight line, the CPU selects, as a method for detecting the tilt of the document, detection of the tilt of the document as zero.

7. The image-reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when a document is a predetermined type of document, the CPU selects, as a method for detecting the position of the document, detection of the position of the document by using a rectangle that inscribes four intersection points.

8. The image-reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the CPU is further programmed to clip an image of a document according to any one or both of the tilt of the document and the position of the document that are detected by a document detector.

9. The image-reading apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein, when a document is not a predetermined type of document, the CPU performs clipping on an outer side of an edge of the document.

10. The image-reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when the CPU determines that the predetermined acceptable level is exceeded, the CPU performs clipping on an outer side of an edge of a document.

11. The image-reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when the lack determiner determines that the predetermined acceptable level is not exceeded, a document clip performer performs clipping on an inner side of the rectangle.

12. An image-reading method executed by a computer comprising:
a document determining step of determining any one or both of a type of document and a shape of a document;
a detection-method selecting step of selecting any one or both of an appropriate document tilt detection method and an appropriate document position detection method according to any one or both of the determined type of document and the determined shape of the document;
a document detecting step of detecting any one or both of a tilt of the document and a position of the document by using the selected detection method; and
a determining step of determining whether an occurring lack of a document exceeds a predetermined acceptable level, when clipping is performed by using a detected rectangle.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium including programmed instructions, the instructions, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to execute:
a document determining step of determining any one or both of a type of document and a shape of a document;
a detection-method selecting step of selecting any one or both of an appropriate document tilt detection method and an appropriate document position detection method according to any one or both of the determined type of document and the determined shape of the document;
a document detecting step of detecting any one or both of a tilt of the document and a position of the document by using the selected detection method; and
a determining step of determining whether an occurring lack of a document exceeds a predetermined acceptable level, when clipping is performed by using a detected rectangle.

Assignees

• Pfu Ltd

Inventors

• Wada Tomoaki
• Kosaka Kiyoto

Classifications

• H04N1/0005

  in service, i.e. during normal operation · CPC title

• H04N1/00822

  Selecting or setting a particular reading mode, e.g. from amongst a plurality of modes, simplex or duplex, or high or low resolution · CPC title

• H04N1/00718

  Skew · CPC title

• H04N1/00082

  Adjusting or controlling (interrupting an operation H04N1/00915; inhibiting an operation H04N1/00925) · CPC title

• H04N1/00689 Primary

  Presence · CPC title